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CHAMPAGNE: Up in Smoke: Do Smokers Think More about Death?

In the end, whether a person smokes or not, we all question our mortality. That’s part of the human condition. And so are articles that try to figure the whole thing out — life, such as it is.
Psych Central
added Dec 10, 2012 15:53
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Larry Hagman, Who Played J.R. Ewing in ‘Dallas,’ Dies at 81

The cause was complications of cancer . . . After he kicked a longtime cigarette habit, he became an avid antismoking activist and often carried a battery-powered fan with which he blew smoke back into the faces of offenders.
New York Times
added Nov 25, 2012 17:27
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Larry Hagman dead: Dallas star dies aged 81

Veteran American broadcaster Larry King wrote: "I'm shocked. Larry Hagman was a dear man who had an incredible career. He helped me to stop smoking. He really was a very special person."
The Mirror (uk)
added Nov 27, 2012 07:47
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Dallas TV star Larry Hagman dies

He also created the Larry Hagman's Stop Smoking for Life video for the American Cancer Society.
CBC News (ca)
added Nov 27, 2012 07:45
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[UK] Discarded cigarette death accidental - coroner

A discarded lit cigarette resulted in the death of a Kings Langley woman and her dog, an inquest heard on Thursday. Janet Waite, 77, was discovered dead by firefighters, police and paramedics in her Primrose Hill home on June 11 at 6.20am.
Watford Observer (uk)
added Nov 9, 2012 13:43
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[Virginia] A true tobacco man

South Boston native Roger Jackson Eggleston, a true tobacco man, was memorialized at the Kenbridge Tobacco Museum this summer following his untimely death on March 17 of this year. He was 55. His mother, Norma Murphy Eggleston, who lives in South Boston
South Boston (VA) Gazette-Virginian
added Sep 19, 2012 16:43
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[Florida] Lillian Kaplan Dies Battling Big Tobacco

Sadly, the men and women who were most affected by Big Tobacco's lies are now dying. In fact, every year, nicotine delivery devices continue to claim the lives of over 440,000 Americans. Yet Big Tobacco continues to deny and delay. Soon the "Greatest Gene
PR Newswire
added Sep 18, 2012 00:19
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[North Carolina] Representative Charlie Rose, Tobacco’s Friend in the House, Dies at 73

a former United States representative from rural North Carolina who fought to protect the tobacco industry and its farmers when political and regulatory pressure on the industry were on the rise and smoking in steady decline, died on Monday in Albertvill
New York Times
added Sep 6, 2012 02:13
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[North Carolina] Ex-US Rep. Charlie Rose helped tobacco farmers

Former U.S. Rep. Charlie Rose, who used his seat on the House Agriculture Committee to help farmers and protect the tobacco crops that brought wealth to farmers in his North Carolina district, has died, his wife said Tuesday. Rose, 73, died of Parkinson’
Raleigh (NC) News & Observer
added Sep 5, 2012 16:02
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[Florida] Jackson County Man Dies After Winning Tobacco Company Civil Suit

Back in March, a Jackson county jury agreed with Emmon Smith that R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company caused his lung cancer, which he was diagnosed with 20 years ago.
WMBB-TV (Panama City, FL)
added Sep 6, 2012 08:18
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